Yana

[yah-nuh]

noun

plural

Yanas ,

plural

Yana .

1. a member of a North American Indian people who once resided in the eastern portion of the upper Sacramento River valley in California.

2. the now extinct Hokan language of the Yana, best known for a systematic differentiation between men's and women's speech.

Example Sentences

"The voting system is specially invented by a very famous scientist and mathematician," Russian TV's Intervision commentator Yana Churikova tells me.

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By dismantling ORD, the EPA is further politicizing the independent science and research that underpins so many of the nation’s regulations, said Yana Garcia, California’s Secretary for Environmental Protection.

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Yana Stepanenko lovingly buys her son's favourite treats - a cup of steaming hot chocolate and a chocolate roll.

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Yana Garcia, California’s secretary for environmental protection, said that after the fires, the state has been “laser focused on helping communities recover and rebuild.”

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Like them, Yana was added to the register of those "inclined to extremism and destructive activity".

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